Chapter Summaries

Key plot points

• Jun Wangchen and Huo Feixing begin selecting antiques under the contest’s new rules.
• Huo Feixing accurately appraises a snow-scene porcelain plaque at five to ten million yuan. Jun then gives an even more detailed, correct appraisal of another snow-scene plaque, valued at ten to twenty million.
• Huo Feixing tries to regain the lead by appraising a porcelain Arhat at around thirty million. Jun answers with an appraisal of a fish-and-algae painting worth around forty million, irritating Huo by echoing his phrasing.
• With five minutes left, Huo stops trading remarks and searches for the most valuable item. Jun uses his Fiery Golden Eyes to spot a dusty snuff bottle that appears to be a Qianlong-period piece worth at least a hundred million.
• Before Jun can pick it up, Huo grabs the bottle and claims it as his selection.

Character developments and interactions

• Jun Wangchen displays superior appraisal knowledge and composure, while using his confidence—and playful imitation of Huo—to unsettle his rival. He also notices Zhou Rou’er’s anxiety and reassures her through his performance.
• Huo Feixing begins confidently, but Jun’s accurate, higher valuations make him embarrassed and angry. He eventually focuses on finding the most valuable object, only to seize the snuff bottle Jun had identified.
• Zhou Rou’er worries that Jun is outmatched by Huo’s experience, then relaxes and smiles when Jun proves his ability.
• Huo Sanjian expresses pride in his successor but acknowledges Jun’s greater appraisal skill. Zhou Fangzun remains observant and reserves judgment until the contest ends.

Significant themes

• Knowledge versus experience: Huo has years of training, but Jun’s expertise proves more impressive.
• Competition and rivalry: The contestants’ appraisals become a contest of both skill and psychological one-upmanship.
• Appearance versus hidden worth: The valuable snuff bottle looks dusty and unremarkable, yet may be worth far more than the other objects.
• Suspense and uncertain victory: Huo’s last-second grab puts the contest’s outcome in doubt.

Key plot points and events

• After Huo Feixing snatches the Guyue Xuan snuff bottle Jun Wangchen had been reaching for, Jun calmly keeps searching. Zhou Rou’er condemns Huo’s conduct, while Huo Sanjian is embarrassed by his protégé’s lack of integrity.
• At the end of the ten-minute contest, Jun chooses a seemingly ordinary Blue-and-White Figure Jar. Huo Feixing presents his snuff bottle first, identifying it as a Qianlong-era Guyue Xuan piece worth 120 million.
• Huo Feixing dismisses Jun’s jar as worth only a few million. Jun challenges his judgment by invoking the famous Yuan-dynasty jar Guigu Descending the Mountain, valued at 240 million.
• Jun channels elixir qi into the jar, cracking away its outer porcelain shell to reveal the authentic, intricately decorated Guigu Descending the Mountain beneath. Huo Sanjian recognizes it in shock.

Character developments and interactions

• Jun Wangchen remains composed despite Huo Feixing’s provocation and apparent advantage. His revelation shows that his choice was deliberate and that he possesses exceptional appraisal skill—and the ability to expose the hidden jar.
• Huo Feixing puts winning above fairness, openly boasts about his snuff bottle, and underestimates Jun’s selection.
• Zhou Rou’er is angered by Huo’s cheating and initially worries Jun has lost, but the reveal transforms her anxiety into astonishment.
• Huo Sanjian feels ashamed of Huo Feixing’s behavior, then is stunned by the jar’s true identity.
• Zhou Fangzun oversees the contest and confirms that he owns the snuff bottle, but questions the connection between Jun’s ordinary-looking jar and the famed relic.

Significant themes

• Appearances versus reality: The modest jar conceals a priceless cultural treasure.
• Integrity and ambition: Huo’s dishonorable shortcut contrasts with Jun’s calm confidence and expertise.
• Knowledge and recognition: The contest turns on seeing historical value where others see an ordinary object.

Plot and events

• Jun Wangchen reveals that a seemingly ordinary jar in Zhou Fangzun’s collection is the genuine Yuan-dynasty blue-and-white Guigu Descending the Mountain—one of only eight surviving narrative jars of its kind. He believes its exterior was deliberately altered to conceal it, meaning the famous jar sold overseas was likely a fake.
• The discovery settles the appraisal contest in Jun’s favor. The jar’s cultural importance far exceeds its stated auction value.
• Asked how he detected it, Jun explains that soul aura can be sensed only by someone with a powerful soul, and that ancient objects give off a stronger aura.
• Jun then declares that Huo Feixing’s Guyue Xuan snuff bottle is fake. Boiling water causes its surface colors to peel away, confirming Jun’s diagnosis: it lacks the raised enamel mark and genuine enamelwork expected of a Qianlong-period piece.
• Zhou Fangzun suspects someone close to him switched the bottle after he bought it. Jun warns him to be cautious of those around him.
• Huo Feixing loses the contest and must fulfill his bet by running around the Zhou residence in his underwear. Jun continues teasing him as he goes.

Character developments and interactions

• Jun Wangchen establishes himself as an unusually perceptive appraiser and calmly explains his supernatural ability. He also uses the snuff-bottle discovery to expose Huo Feixing’s mistake, then openly mocks him after the contest.
• Huo Feixing goes from confidence and derision to disbelief, humiliation, and resentment when Jun proves both the jar’s authenticity and his bottle’s fraud. He obeys the bet despite his anger.
• Huo Sanjian is astonished by Jun’s ability and accepts the contest’s outcome. Though Huo Feixing looks to him for help, he insists his son honor the wager.
• Zhou Fangzun is thrilled by the jar’s discovery but then furious and suspicious about the switched snuff bottle.
• Zhou Rou’er is curious about Jun’s soul-aura sensing and listens to his explanation; she later covers her eyes during Huo Feixing’s punishment.

Significant themes

• Cultural heritage: The genuine jar represents a major recovery for Chinese ceramic history and preservation.
• Expertise and deception: Careful observation and testing expose both a hidden masterpiece and a convincing fake.
• Humility and consequences: Huo Feixing’s arrogance is punished, while his father’s insistence that he keep his promise reinforces accountability.
• Trust and betrayal: The apparent switching of Zhou Fangzun’s bottle raises the threat of deception within his own circle.

Key events

• After the appraisal showdown, Jun Wangchen agrees to represent the Zhou Family at next week’s Antique Appraisal Competition. He enjoys their lavish hospitality, then heads back toward Jinling University.
• Reflecting on how much his life has changed, Jun recognizes that the Groundhog Phone gave him his extraordinary opportunities. He resolves to keep improving and use ties with powerful families to build his own path.
• In the Strongest Chat Group’s Merit Point Mall, he notices a Void Teleportation Talisman that could help him escape danger or reach loved ones. Its near-full-price “sale” irritates him, but he decides to save up for one.
• On the way to campus, Jun detects yin energy and uses his Fiery Golden Eyes to see Black and White Impermanence escorting the fugitive ghost Zhang Chunqiu.
• Zhang explains that he escaped the Underworld because he desperately wants to race cars in the mortal world. He offers the two envoys merit points to let him race briefly, but they refuse: King Qin Guang has ordered his return and punishment.
• As Zhang gives up, lamenting that he cannot fulfill a promise to someone named Siyue, Jun calls out to the envoys to stop.

Character developments and interactions

• Jun Wangchen shows greater ambition and responsibility: rather than simply enjoying his wealth, he sees it as a foundation for growth. His interest in the teleportation talisman also reflects concern for protecting himself and those close to him.
• Zhang Chunqiu is a comic but sympathetic fugitive, driven by an overwhelming passion for racing and apparently by a promise to Siyue. His desperation softens into resignation when the envoys refuse him.
• Black and White Impermanence are stern and duty-bound, though tempted by Zhang’s bribe. Their fear of disobeying King Qin Guang outweighs the potential reward.
• Jun’s sudden intervention interrupts the envoys’ return of Zhang, setting up the next encounter.

Significant themes

• Ambition and self-determination: Jun wants to turn the advantages he has been given into a path of his own.
• Duty versus desire: The envoys’ orders clash with Zhang’s longing to race.
• Promises and longing: Zhang’s reference to Siyue suggests an emotional reason behind his escape beyond racing.
• Comic contrast: Modern car culture and bargaining collide with the Underworld’s supernatural bureaucracy.

Plot and events

Jun Wangchen arrives just as Black and White Impermanence are preparing to take Zhang Chunqiu back to the Underworld. He persuades them to leave Zhang in the mortal world temporarily, promising to ensure Zhang returns obediently and to contact King Qin Guang himself.
Once the two envoys depart, Zhang’s shackles vanish, and he celebrates his freedom. Jun immediately charges him for the favor: first collecting the thousand merit points Zhang had offered Black and White Impermanence, then demanding another thousand as his own fee. Zhang hopes to go racing, but as a ghost he needs a willing mortal body to possess. Jun offers his own body—then charges another two thousand points for that service and, through repeated threats to call the envoys back, pressures Zhang into paying still more for help finding a place to race.

Character developments and interactions

• Jun Wangchen presents himself as a helpful mediator, but quickly reveals a shamelessly opportunistic streak. He recognizes Zhang as a source of merit points and repeatedly uses the threat of returning him to the Underworld to extract payment.
• Zhang Chunqiu shifts from fear and desperation to exuberant relief, flattering Jun extravagantly to win his help. His excitement about racing soon gives way to resignation as Jun keeps adding fees.
• Black and White Impermanence warn Jun that Zhang is deceitful and dangerous, but defer to Jun’s authority as an Envoy and leave after advising him. Their threat of recapturing Zhang becomes Jun’s main leverage.

Significant themes

The chapter plays its supernatural premise for comedy through transactional “help,” exaggerated flattery, and extortion. It also contrasts Jun’s supposed benevolence with his self-interest, while Zhang’s desire to race drives the escalating bargain.

Key plot points and events

• Jun Wangchen ends the night with 6,000 merit points after taking 3,800 from Zhang Chunqiu, who insists Jun fulfill their bargain: arrange a race.
• Jun takes Zhang to Jinling City’s Top-Tier Racetrack. On the way, they share a taxi with a melodramatic passenger and a driver who offers elaborate romantic advice before revealing his own absurd relationship story.
• Jun notices Zhang quietly looking at photos and wiping away tears, suggesting his desire to race may be tied to a personal past.
• At the track, Jun learns that Zhao Zhoufan—the undefeated local racing champion—is ranked first, with a 50-million-yuan challenge prize.
• Zhang refuses to choose anyone else and declares Zhao his target. Though worried about the danger of letting a ghost possess him while driving, Jun accepts the challenge on Zhang’s behalf.
• The receptionist treats Jun’s request with contempt. Zhao then arrives to a huge fanfare, and Jun challenges him directly.

Character developments

• Jun Wangchen is practical and self-assured, but accepts responsibility for Zhang after taking his merit points. He also shows concern about the physical risk of being possessed during a mountain race.
• Zhang Chunqiu is intensely determined to race the best, claiming to be the “racing god of Mount Akina.” His emotional reaction to the photos hints at grief or unresolved feelings beneath his bravado.
• Zhao Zhoufan is introduced as a celebrated, undefeated champion whose charm and polished public manner fuel his popularity.
• The taxi driver provides comic relief through his sentimental advice and strange personal anecdote.

Significant themes

• Unfinished dreams and attachment: Zhang’s return to race—and his hidden emotional response—suggests a deeper motive than thrill-seeking.
• Risk and responsibility: Jun must weigh keeping his promise against the danger of racing on treacherous mountain roads.
• Reputation versus challenge: Zhao’s dominance intimidates everyone, making Jun’s challenge a bold confrontation with the racetrack’s established hierarchy.
• Comedy amid drama: The taxi ride’s exaggerated romantic stories contrast with the serious stakes of the upcoming race.

Character interactions

• Jun bargains with Zhang, then tries to understand his motives without pressing him about the photos.
• The taxi driver comforts a distraught passenger, who is moved by his advice—until his own bizarre romantic confession undercuts the sentiment.
• Track staff and fans respond to Zhao with admiration, while the receptionist dismisses Jun’s challenge.
• Jun publicly calls out Zhao, ending the chapter on the setup for their confrontation.

Chapter Summary

• A challenger confronts Zhao Zhoufan: At the Top-Tier Racetrack, Jun Wangchen challenges Zhao Zhoufan, Jinling City’s undefeated racing champion. The crowd doubts Jun’s ability and warns that racing Zhao is extremely dangerous: past opponents have been badly injured or killed.
• Jun agrees after bargaining with Zhang Chunqiu: Zhang Chunqiu, Jun’s ghostly companion, is outraged by the crowd’s mockery and urges Jun to defend his racing reputation. Jun initially hesitates, but Zhang offers him increasing amounts of merit points. At five hundred points, Jun eagerly agrees.
• The challenge becomes a public spectacle: Jun confidently claims he will not be the one to lose. Zhao, angered by the boast, accepts and arranges a race on Track Seven. Jun remains outwardly calm, though privately he worries that Zhang’s claimed racing talent may not be enough to protect him. He plans to rely on his escape technique if necessary.
• The crowd gathers—and a familiar face appears: The racetrack publicizes the race, drawing a large audience who mostly expect Jun to lose. Mo Xiaoshuai arrives with his sister, Mo Duoduo, to watch his idol Zhao race. Mo Xiaoshuai dismisses Jun as reckless, but Mo Duoduo recognizes him and reacts with shock: “Jun Wangchen?!”

Character Developments and Interactions

• Jun Wangchen is outwardly composed and boldly confident, but his acceptance is largely driven by merit points. His irreverent pragmatism contrasts with the noble language he uses to justify taking the challenge.
• Zhang Chunqiu is fiercely protective of his racing honor and eager for attention, believing the audience is there to support them. Jun privately recognizes that the crowd is actually against them.
• Zhao Zhoufan is arrogant and intimidating, with a reputation for dangerous, ruthless racing. Jun’s boast turns his amusement into anger.
• Mo Xiaoshuai idolizes Zhao and looks down on Jun, while Mo Duoduo is more cautious and disapproves of her brother’s racing obsession. Her recognition of Jun sets up an unexpected connection.

Significant Themes

• Honor versus self-interest: Zhang frames the challenge as a matter of honor, but Jun’s resolve appears as soon as the reward is high enough.
• Recklessness and danger: The crowd treats racing Zhao as potentially fatal, making Jun’s confidence seem either courageous or foolish.
• Appearance versus reality: Jun’s calm bravado masks genuine concern, while the spectators’ enthusiasm is mistaken by Zhang for support.

Plot points

• Mo Duoduo spots Jun Wangchen at the racetrack and realizes he is about to race Zhao Zhoufan, Jinling City’s celebrated racing champion.
• She tells her younger brother, Mo Xiaoshuai, that Jun is the miracle doctor who saved him after his street-racing accident. Xiaoshuai is shocked: Jun looks far more ordinary than he imagined. Duoduo warns him that their family owes Jun a great debt and must treat him with respect.
• Zhao’s confidence grows when he sees Jun choose an ordinary car rather than his custom-built Sky Wolf. He is then captivated by a masked woman—Mo Duoduo—but is dismayed when she walks past him and sits with Jun.
• Duoduo greets Jun, explains that she came to bring Xiaoshuai home, and asks why Jun is racing. He says he is filling in for someone. As they talk, Zhao approaches and invites Duoduo to ride with him.

Character developments and interactions

• Mo Xiaoshuai moves from disbelief at Jun’s unremarkable appearance to stunned respect after learning that Jun saved his life and is highly esteemed by his family.
• Mo Duoduo openly shows Jun warmth and familiarity, while firmly defending his reputation to her brother.
• Zhao Zhoufan shifts from smugly dismissing Jun to feeling jealous and bewildered when Duoduo chooses Jun’s company. His attraction to her leads him to make a polished invitation.
• Jun Wangchen remains casual about the race and modestly explains his presence, though his inner monologue comically casts him as an unsurpassed hero. His ghost companion Zhang Chunqiu leers at Duoduo and asks to “borrow” her; Jun threatens to send him back to the Underworld, and Zhang immediately denies saying anything.

Themes and tone

• Appearances versus true worth: Jun’s plain looks and ordinary car conceal his medical skill and the respect he has earned.
• Status, gratitude, and respect: The powerful Mo family considers Jun someone they must not offend because he saved Xiaoshuai.
• Rivalry and comic humiliation: Zhao’s self-confidence is undercut by Duoduo’s preference for Jun, while Jun’s grandiose self-image and Zhang’s shamelessness supply the chapter’s exaggerated humor.

Plot points and events

• Racing champion Zhao Zhoufan appears and invites Mo Duoduo to ride with him. She rejects him bluntly and insists that Jun Wangchen will win.
• Mo Duoduo joins Jun in his cramped Flying Racing Car, saying she has staked her reputation on him. Jun teases her with suggestive jokes; she turns red and hits him, though the exchange hints at growing affection.
• Jun prepares for the race by letting the ghost Zhang Chunqiu possess him and control the car. Zhang promises to do his best.
• Mo Xiaoshuai worries that the ruthless Zhao might endanger his sister, but a text from Mo Duoduo—“Don’t worry. I trust him!”—convinces him not to interfere.
• The race begins. Both cars launch at high speed, and Zhao unexpectedly fails to take the lead, leaving the crowd astonished.

Character developments and interactions

• Mo Duoduo openly backs Jun despite Zhao’s fame, showing trust and affection that she privately wonders might be love. Her composure gives way to embarrassment at Jun’s teasing.
• Jun Wangchen jokes flirtatiously with Mo, then shifts into a serious racing mindset. He trusts Zhang with the car but warns him that losing will have consequences.
• Zhang Chunqiu provides comic banter with Jun before taking possession of him and promising to race earnestly.
• Zhao Zhoufan reacts with wounded pride to Mo’s rejection and vows to defeat Jun decisively.
• Mo Xiaoshuai is protective of his sister but respects her judgment, while remaining curious about whether Jun can beat his racing idol.

Significant themes

• Trust and loyalty: Mo Duoduo backs Jun despite the odds, and Mo Xiaoshuai ultimately trusts her choice.
• Pride and rivalry: Zhao’s humiliation turns the race into a personal challenge.
• Romantic tension and humor: Jun’s teasing and Mo’s flustered response reveal their growing closeness.
• Unexpected competition: The opening moments challenge the crowd’s assumption that Zhao will immediately dominate.

Plot points and events

• Jun Wangchen, possessed by Zhang Chunqiu, races the Sky Wolf through the first major bends in the Flying.
• He takes an obtuse-angle corner at extraordinary speed with a precise drift, immediately pulling far ahead of Zhao Zhoufan.
• On the long, dangerous uphill sweep, Jun maintains control through a series of linked corners, using continuous drifting and careful throttle, braking, and steering adjustments.
• Spectators are astonished by his technique, while Mo Duoduo is terrified in the passenger seat. The Flying completes the uphill section without losing its line, extending its lead.
• Zhao Zhoufan recognizes that Jun is the better driver on the uphill stretch but remains confident: he believes the coming downhill section favors him.

Character developments and interactions

• Jun Wangchen / Zhang Chunqiu: Zhang controls Jun’s body with remarkable calm and skill. Jun admits privately that he is frightened too, despite hiding it from Mo Duoduo.
• Mo Duoduo: She regrets getting in the car and struggles not to scream, but keeps quiet so she will not distract the driver. Her fear contrasts with Jun’s outward composure.
• Zhao Zhoufan: His confidence is shaken by Jun’s unexpected ability, but frustration turns into resolve rather than surrender.
• Spectators and racers: Their attention shifts from Zhao to Jun as they recognize the Flying’s exceptional control.

Significant themes

• Skill and precision under pressure: The race presents driving as a delicate balance of speed, grip, and control, where tiny errors could be fatal.
• Fear versus composure: Mo Duoduo’s visible terror and Jun’s controlled exterior show how differently people respond to danger.
• Rivalry and rising stakes: Jun gains a commanding lead, but Zhao’s confidence in the downhill section promises the contest is not over.

Key plot points and events

• Zhang Chunqiu, controlling Jun Wangchen’s body, drives the Flying Racing Car through a compound turn with startling speed and precision.
• Jun asks how Zhang learned to race. Zhang briefly alludes to a woman from his past, then falls silent; Jun senses that Zhang still mourns a lost love and chooses not to press him.
• Zhang guides the car through an S-curve using a flawless late apex, impressing the spectators with the car’s speed and control.
• Mo Duoduo screams through the turns, so Zhang slows after the uphill section, partly to let her recover and partly to give Zhao Zhoufan a chance to catch up.
• A timekeeper announces that the Flying Racing Car leads Zhao’s Sky Wolf by five seconds. The crowd is astonished, and Mo Xiaoshuai’s admiration shifts from Zhao to Jun.
• The racers enter a slick, water-sprayed downhill stretch. Zhao sees it as his opportunity to reclaim the lead.

Character developments and interactions

• Zhang Chunqiu displays exceptional racing skill, while a fleeting memory of a woman reveals grief and longing beneath his confidence.
• Jun Wangchen moves from nervousness to amazement at Zhang’s driving. He notices Zhang’s sadness and responds with tact.
• Mo Duoduo loses her usual composure during the dangerous ride, prompting Zhang to ease the pace.
• Zhao Zhoufan remains behind but grows hopeful as the slippery downhill section offers a chance to overtake.
• Mo Xiaoshuai changes allegiance emotionally, becoming more impressed by Jun’s performance than by Zhao’s reputation.

Significant themes

• Skill and risk: The chapter emphasizes that advanced techniques—especially late apexing and drifting—demand precision, since small errors can be deadly.
• Reputation versus performance: Zhao’s title as the “Racing God” is challenged by Jun’s apparent dominance.
• Hidden sorrow: Zhang’s racing brilliance contrasts with his unresolved heartbreak.
• Hope and suspense: Zhang deliberately gives Zhao a chance, setting up a potential reversal on the dangerous downhill course.

Plot points and events

• Zhao Zhoufan’s Sky Wolf Racing Car uses precise braking and drifting to overtake Zhang Chunqiu’s Flying Racing Car on the wet downhill section. The spectators cheer, and onlookers assume Zhao’s downhill expertise has decided the race.
• Zhang reveals to Jun Wangchen that he deliberately slowed down, planning to let Zhao believe he was winning before overtaking him at the most devastating moment. He also says his confidence is absolute and hints that he is racing to fulfill a promise.
• The cars negotiate the slippery hairpin and continue through the downhill bends. Zhao remains in front, but his aggressive drifting has worn down the Sky Wolf’s tires and brakes, reducing its grip and forcing him to slow for safety.
• Though the broadcast reports Zhao leading by one car length, the Flying Racing Car accelerates and maintains its speed through the bends.
• At the final bend, Zhao begins a seemingly perfect drift toward the finish. Jun takes a late apex and performs a faster slide, overtaking Zhao at the last moment and crossing the finish line first. The stunned crowd falls silent.

Character developments and interactions

• Zhao Zhoufan displays remarkable downhill control and confidence, convinced his lead will secure victory. His earlier aggressive maneuvers, however, leave his car’s grip compromised.
• Jun Wangchen questions Zhang’s decision to let Zhao pass, but ultimately watches as Zhang’s plan unfolds through Jun’s drive.
• Zhang Chunqiu appears to intentionally surrender the lead and speaks of a promise, suggesting a personal motive behind his confidence. The chapter does not clarify how his role relates to Jun’s driving the Flying Racing Car, leaving a continuity ambiguity.
• Mo Xiaoshuai repeatedly doubts that Zhao can be beaten on a downhill stretch, only to witness the unexpected final overtake.
• The spectators’ confidence in Zhao shifts to astonishment when Jun wins.

Significant themes

• Composure and timing: The race turns on not just speed, but choosing the right moment to act.
• Skill versus confidence: Zhao’s reputation and mastery cannot prevent a loss caused by the limits of his car and an opponent’s final maneuver.
• Risk and consequence: Zhao’s aggressive drifting gains ground but wears down his tires and brakes, making the downhill run increasingly dangerous.
• Expectation overturned: The apparent certainty of Zhao’s victory makes Jun’s last-second pass all the more dramatic.

Key plot points and events

• Jun Wangchen’s ordinary Flying Racing Car overtakes Zhao Zhoufan’s Sky Wolf Racing Car on the final bend, stunning the onlookers. Zhao realizes he has been beaten through skill alone.
• Mo Duoduo gets out of Jun’s car and vomits from motion sickness, though she insists she enjoyed the ride.
• Jun sees Zhang Chunqiu crying over a photo of Siyue and uses Finger Divination to learn their history. Ten years earlier, Zhang was killed in a racing accident while pursuing Siyue’s dream of racing. He remained in the Underworld and escaped it repeatedly so he could fulfill his promise to her.
• Zhang learns that Siyue survived their breakup, rebuilt her life, and is now marrying the international student she once regarded as an older brother. Her wedding invitations are all addressed to Zhang as the groom—a sign of the life they might have shared.
• Zhang chooses not to see Siyue, believing she is happy and that he should not disturb her life. After thanking Jun for helping him fulfill his promise, he fades away to reincarnate.

Character developments and interactions

• Zhao Zhoufan shifts from confident racer to stunned loser, forced to acknowledge Jun’s superior control.
• Mo Duoduo shows both physical discomfort and spirited defiance, bickering lightly with Jun after the race.
• Zhang Chunqiu is revealed as deeply devoted and quietly self-sacrificing. Though his memories and the invitations expose lingering grief, he accepts that Siyue’s life has continued without him and finally lets go.
• Jun Wangchen witnesses Zhang’s past and feels compassion, but cannot find words to comfort him. He questions whether Zhang can truly have no regrets as he departs.

Significant themes

• Love and letting go: Zhang honors his feelings for Siyue without trying to reclaim her.
• Promises and sacrifice: His long refusal to reincarnate is driven by the promise he finally fulfills.
• Unspoken grief: The chapter suggests that people with deep histories often conceal their pain and carry on with ordinary life.
• Memory and time: A relationship can remain vivid to one person even as the other builds a new future.
• Endings and new beginnings: Zhang’s departure closes his long attachment to the past while beginning his journey toward reincarnation.

Key plot points and events

• After the race, Mo Duoduo suffers severe nausea and dizziness. Jun Wangchen uses internal force on her Shanzhong Acupoint, quickly relieving her symptoms.
• Jun Wangchen boasts about his looks and inner qualities; Duoduo is left speechless, while his self-congratulatory inner monologue presents his “exceptional” charm as a burden.
• Mo Xiaoshuai thanks Jun Wangchen for helping him at the hospital and asks how he became such a skilled driver. Jun Wangchen cannot admit that Zhang Chunqiu controlled his body during the race, so he is interrupted by a phone call.
• Chen Huan, manager of He Zihan, says Wang Lengbo—the man behind the ghost that previously haunted her—has summoned them to Wangquan Entertainment Company. Jun agrees to go.
• Duoduo offers him a ride. The crowd now focuses on Jun rather than Zhao Zhoufan, and the racetrack attendant gives Jun his 50-million prize.
• Zhao Zhoufan’s friend suggests killing Jun to avenge the humiliation. Zhao forbids it, revealing that Duoduo and Xiaoshuai belong to Jinling’s powerful Mo Family. He suspects Jun must have an even more formidable background, frightening his friend into abandoning the idea.

Character developments

• Jun Wangchen remains confident and comically vain, but the chapter also highlights his practical skill in acupuncture. He is drawn into a new confrontation involving Wang Lengbo.
• Mo Duoduo recovers with Jun’s help and shifts from complaining about the race to accompanying him.
• Mo Xiaoshuai admires Jun’s driving and shows gratitude, though Jun’s apparent skill is not really his own.
• Zhao Zhoufan accepts the loss and becomes cautious, prioritizing the danger of provoking Jun over his wounded pride.

Significant themes

• Appearance and self-image: Jun’s exaggerated claims about his beauty and inner depth provide much of the chapter’s humor.
• Power and status: The Mo Family’s influence changes how Zhao’s circle views Jun, while the crowd’s attention shifts to the latest, more impressive victor.
• Misunderstood ability and hidden circumstances: Jun is praised for driving skills that Zhang Chunqiu supplied by controlling his body.
• Respect and social reversal: The attendant who previously looked down on Jun now treats him deferentially after his victory.

Character interactions

• Jun treats Duoduo’s motion sickness and answers her questions, then trades playful compliments with Xiaoshuai.
• Duoduo agrees to drive Jun to Wangquan Entertainment Company, and Xiaoshuai chooses to go with them.
• Zhao restrains his friend from attacking Jun and explains the Mo siblings’ family connections, turning the friend’s hostility into fear.

Plot points and events

• Mo Xiaoshuai drives Jun Wangchen and his sister, Mo Duoduo, to Wangquan Entertainment Company. The journey is filled with crude jokes, which embarrass Duoduo and make her briefly worry that Wangchen has a girlfriend—until she learns he means a blow-up doll.
• At the company, Wangchen says he has urgent business and goes inside alone, while Xiaoshuai drives Duoduo home.
• Following instructions from He Zihan’s agent, Chen Huan, Wangchen heads toward a standalone villa on the grounds. He senses an unnatural coldness and realizes the villa’s layout suggests its chairman, Wang Lengbo, understands feng shui and occult arts.
• In the corridor, Wangchen detects Heavenly Desire Dream Smoke, a poisonous mist intended to overwhelm victims with lust, confusion, and hallucinations. He recognizes it as a trap, calmly chants a spell, and dispels it with spiritual energy before continuing toward the room at the end of the hall.

Character developments and interactions

• Jun Wangchen remains composed and confident, answering Xiaoshuai’s vulgar teasing with jokes of his own. Once inside the villa, he shifts into a serious, observant mode and demonstrates his supernatural skill by neutralizing the poison.
• Mo Duoduo is briefly disappointed when she thinks Wangchen has a girlfriend, then relieved by the joke’s explanation. Her innocence contrasts with her brother’s teasing, though she understands enough to become deeply embarrassed.
• Mo Xiaoshuai playfully needles Wangchen and embarrasses Duoduo, but ultimately leaves with her when Wangchen asks him to.
• Wangchen and Xiaoshuai share an easy, irreverent rapport, while Duoduo acts as the exasperated voice of propriety.

Significant themes

• The chapter contrasts lighthearted comedy and vulgar banter with an increasingly ominous supernatural threat.
• Wangchen’s self-assurance is matched by practical competence: he identifies danger quickly and responds without panic.
• Occult knowledge and manipulation emerge as central concerns, with the poisoned corridor hinting that the meeting ahead may be a confrontation rather than an ordinary visit.

Key plot points and events

• He Zihan and her manager, Chen Huan, wait at Wangquan Entertainment Company for Jun Wangchen, whom they believe will protect them.
• Wang Lengbo reveals the meeting was a trap. He had laid a poison-gas array in the corridor, expecting Jun to die before reaching them.
• He immobilizes He Zihan and Chen Huan with black smoke, explaining that he wants revenge because they rejected Wangquan Entertainment’s contract and embarrassed the company.
• Wang Lengbo orders his young companion to kill the two women. Chen Huan’s warnings about the law and police fail to deter him.
• Facing what they believe is certain death, He Zihan apologizes for involving Chen Huan. Chen Huan recalls a cherished night with her five closest friends after their college entrance exams, including their promise to stand beside one another at their weddings.
• Just as the dagger is about to fall, Jun Wangchen’s teasing voice rings out from the doorway.

Character developments and interactions

• Wang Lengbo is exposed as vindictive, manipulative, and ruthless; he disguises revenge as a business discussion and treats power as a license for wrongdoing.
• He Zihan stands up to Wang Lengbo, defending her and Chen Huan’s right to choose their business partner. At the apparent end, she accepts her fate and expresses concern for her friend.
• Chen Huan tries to protect them by invoking legal consequences, then faces death with composure and shares a tender memory of her youth.
• He Zihan and Chen Huan show loyalty and intimacy: they confront danger together, and Chen Huan’s story prompts He Zihan to reflect on love, friendship, and regret.
• Jun Wangchen, absent through most of the confrontation, is invoked by He Zihan as a source of confidence and returns at the cliffhanger.

Significant themes

• Power and justice: Wang Lengbo believes victory excuses any method, while the women’s appeal to law seems powerless against his influence.
• Regret and the passage of time: He Zihan reflects on how people often fail to value what they have until it is gone.
• Friendship and cherished memories: Chen Huan’s recollection of her school friends highlights the lasting importance of shared moments and promises.
• Hope amid despair: Jun’s dramatic arrival interrupts the women’s apparent last moments and suggests the balance may soon shift.

• Jun Wangchen arrives: He enters the room just as Wang Hanyan is about to attack He Zihan and Chen Huan. His flamboyant boasts about his own looks briefly lighten the tension, though Wang Hanyan dismisses him as a fool.
• He defeats Wang Hanyan’s ambush: Wang Hanyan uses her Invisibility Art to strike from behind. Jun catches her dagger between two fingers and snaps it, then uses his Fiery Golden Eyes to locate her when she vanishes again. His kick knocks her out of concealment and leaves her injured. She is shocked that he could see through her technique.
• Wang Lengbo tries to recruit him: Recognizing Jun’s strength, Wang Lengbo offers him a salary of ten million per month to work for Wangquan Entertainment Company. Jun pretends to consider it, then demands the company itself. Wang Lengbo takes this as an insult and warns that Jun is no match for a true Divination Spell.
• Jun reveals his connection to the dead spirit: Wang Lengbo suspects Jun is the friend of He Zihan and Chen Huan who killed his Soul-Raising Spirit. Jun initially denies it, then clarifies—with another boastful joke—that he is the man who killed it.
• Cliffhanger: Wang Lengbo rises and begins forming the Ziwu Yin-Yang Formation, preparing to attack Jun.
  Character developments and interactions: Jun proves calm, powerful, and perceptive under pressure, while using humor and arrogance to provoke his opponents. Wang Hanyan shifts from confidence to wariness after her techniques fail. Wang Lengbo moves from attempted recruitment to open hostility when Jun refuses his offer and admits killing the spirit. He Zihan and Chen Huan react with relief at Jun’s arrival, and He Zihan fears for him when Wang Hanyan attacks.
  Themes: The chapter contrasts showy bravado with demonstrated ability, explores power and attempted control through Wang Lengbo’s offer, and builds suspense around the escalating conflict between Jun and the Wang family.

Key plot points and events

• Wang Lengbo traps Jun Wangchen in the Ziwu Yin-Yang Formation, a powerful technique that summons four blazing Hellfire Demons to imprison and consume its victim.
• He offers Jun a choice: surrender his soul, become his servant forever, or die. He Zihan and Chen Huan try to help but are driven back by the demons’ heat.
• Jun calmly refuses. Using a Divination Spell and an Envoy Token, he makes the Hellfire Demons prostrate themselves before him, breaking the formation.
• Wang Lengbo is left nearly drained of soul force, while Jun turns the demons against him.

Character developments and interactions

• Jun Wangchen remains composed and confident under pressure, revealing authority over summoned ghosts that surpasses Wang Lengbo’s control.
• Wang Lengbo, initially smug and threatening, is stunned and weakened when his supposedly unbeatable formation fails.
• Wang Hanyan shifts from mocking Jun’s allies to shock and fear at his power.
• He Zihan and Chen Huan feel guilty for bringing Jun into danger, then feel relieved and impressed when he escapes the trap.
• Jun taunts Wang Lengbo and offers him a taste of his own demons, reversing their earlier power dynamic.

Significant themes

• Power and mastery: Apparent strength can be overturned by deeper knowledge or greater authority.
• Reversal of control: Wang Lengbo’s weapon becomes subject to Jun’s command.
• Composure under threat: Jun’s calm contrasts with the fear and confidence of those around him.
• Consequences of coercion: Wang Lengbo’s demand for submission ends with him facing the danger he created.

Key plot points and events

• Cornered by Jun Wangchen and four Hellfire Demons, Wang Lengbo offers money and then his company to save himself and his daughter. Jun refuses, demanding instead that Wang Lengbo offer his blood essence and submit as a servant.
• Jun sees through Wang Lengbo’s plan to recover his Soul Force and escape. Wang Hanyan challenges him and begins a ritual using a strange chant.
• The ritual summons Yamata no Orochi, an immensely powerful eight-headed shikigami. Wang Hanyan offers her soul in exchange for its help killing Jun.
• Recognizing he cannot defeat the creature unaided, Jun uses an Undead Summoning Card. He invokes King Yu, prompting a supernatural upheaval and the arrival of a commanding figure who asks, “Who summoned this king?”

Character developments

• Jun Wangchen remains confident and uncompromising, rejecting compensation and refusing to be intimidated by Yamata no Orochi. When outmatched, he adapts by calling on the summoning card.
• Wang Lengbo shifts from bargaining to desperation as Jun exposes his stalling tactic. He is alarmed by his daughter’s choice to summon the shikigami.
• Wang Hanyan moves from defiance to a desperate, self-sacrificial resolve, willingly offering her soul for revenge.
• He Zihan and Chen Huan are overwhelmed by the supernatural danger and cling to each other for comfort.

Significant themes

• Consequences and justice: Jun insists that those who try to kill him must pay for their actions.
• Power and desperation: The Wangs’ ordinary leverage fails, pushing Hanyan to risk her soul.
• Strategic resourcefulness: Jun acknowledges his limits and uses a powerful artifact rather than relying on strength alone.
• Ancient supernatural forces: The clash escalates from a personal confrontation to a contest between legendary beings.

Character interactions

• Jun rejects Wang Lengbo’s offers and directly confronts Wang Hanyan’s claim that he is pushing things too far.
• Wang Lengbo tries to dissuade Hanyan from completing the ritual, warning that it will cost her soul; she proceeds anyway.
• Hanyan pleads with Yamata no Orochi and identifies Jun as her target, while the deity initially looks down on him.
• Jun challenges Yamata no Orochi by invoking King Yu, setting up a confrontation between the two summoned powers.

Key plot points and events

• Jun Wangchen summons the ancient Xia emperor, King Yu, using an Undead Summoning Card given to him by King Qin Guang.
• King Yu’s imperial presence overwhelms everyone in the room—except Jun—and even terrifies Yamata no Orochi.
• Jun explains that Yamata no Orochi has been terrorizing people and asks King Yu to intervene.
• King Yu recognizes the serpent as a descendant of Yamata, a water snake he once captured during the great floods. He spares the descendant but orders him never to return to the mortal world.
• Yamata no Orochi flees, and King Yu soon fades away, ending the supernatural disturbance.
• In the aftermath, Wang Hanyan, awed by Jun’s power, kneels and offers her allegiance as his servant.

Character developments

• Jun Wangchen shows confidence and respect toward King Yu, speaking honestly and using his summoned ally to protect others. His power and status appear far greater than those around him realized.
• King Yu is revealed as a formidable yet merciful ruler: he punishes Yamata no Orochi’s defiance but spares the descendant because he has not caused widespread devastation.
• Yamata no Orochi shifts from a feared, domineering monster to a terrified and submissive fugitive.
• Wang Hanyan moves from observing Jun with fear to pledging herself to him.
• He Zihan and Chen Huan are shaken by the encounter but relieved once the supernatural pressure disappears.

Significant themes

• The authority of imperial lineage and ancient power: King Yu’s presence can subdue beings across generations.
• Mercy balanced with justice: Yamata no Orochi is spared, but only under a strict warning.
• Power reshapes allegiance: Witnessing Jun summon King Yu changes Wang Hanyan’s view of him and prompts her submission.
• Oaths and consequences: Yamata’s past promise not to harm people contrasts with his descendant’s return to violence.

Character interactions

• Jun respectfully addresses King Yu and requests his help against Yamata no Orochi.
• King Yu confronts the serpent, recalls his ancestor Yamata’s history, and grants the descendant a conditional pardon.
• Yamata no Orochi begs for mercy, accepts the order to leave, and escapes.
• After King Yu departs, Wang Hanyan kneels before Jun and swears loyalty, while the others recover from the encounter.